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Andrea Morstabilini

@andreamorstabilini.bsky.social
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Writer, editor. Milan, mostly, but sometimes Kraków. I like cats and cemeteries. A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON out now & IN VACUO coming up in February 2027 with Titan Books. www.andreamorstabilini.com

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Flew to Manchester, drove a bus to Combs, met some truly brilliant human beings that I'm happy and proud to call friends, and we wrote, had fun, scared each other, had beers, walked in the woods, invited the dark in & also helped each other keep it at bay.
Our group of eight writers in front of the idyllic background of the English countryside.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To celebrate one year of BLOOD in audiobook, the kind kind folks at @recordedbooks.bsky.social are offering a massive 70% discount until October 13th! This is your chance! Michael Crouch, the reader, is a dream Ambrose, you'll see, or hear, rather! 🌕 🩸 www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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70% OFF A Blood as Bright as the Moon
Frankenstein, Germany.    Ambrose, a young vampire, lives a life secreted away from the modern world with the rest of his clan, all of them under the spell of the charismatic Regin...
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking
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The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
He was Frank of course, and Gabriel to many of us in the gaming community, and the Pennywise of my childhood nightmares, and countless others. A true icon. If I close my eyes, I see him. ❤️
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
There is no such thing as an AI "creator". Just sloppers.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thrilled to announce The Strange Architect series over at Variety. There were several possibilities, but thankful to FSG for stepping up and creating a home for it. variety.com/2026/biz/new...
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‘The Strange Architect,’ New Series by ‘Annihilation’ Author Jeff VanderMeer, Sells to Farrar, Straus and Giroux in Seven-Figure Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
'The Strange Architect,' a four-part series by 'Annihilation' author Jeff VanderMeer, has sold Farrar, Straus and Giroux in a seven-figure deal.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Summer's here! 🏖️ For the next three weeks I plan to be on social media as little as possible (🤞🏻) so I'm leaving you all with my beautifully curated reading pile, both physical and digital, plus four novels I read in recent summers which I thought were amazing 🌊
Andrea reading a book at the Idroscalo Park in Milan. Summer reading pile. Summer e-ARCs. Four novels I enjoyed in recent summers.
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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Our first special guest post kicking off the Darker Times Subscriber Drive comes from wonderful @rachelharrison.bsky.social as she pens a wry, relatable essay about horror, anxiety, and facing down death. Read Do You Guys Ever Think About Dying? here: www.darkertimes.com/anxiety-horr...
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Do You Guys Ever Think About Dying?
Rachel Harrison on anxiety, horror, and coming to terms with her inevitable death.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In case you missed it! ⏳ 🌀
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
IN VACUO by @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social 🖤 A queer gothic coming of age novel about a young boy confronting the ghosts of the past and the restless, obsessive pursuit of immortality. tinyurl.com/y8bwuu65
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
That's a wrap on the second round of edits for IN VACUO. Which was already an unruly beast, and then mad editor @dancarpenter.bsky.social asked me for MORE. As a result, the manuscript grew another 1588 words, for a grand total of 160.892 words.
The cover of In Vacuo with superimposed the word count for the book, which currently stands at 160.892 words.
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread
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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
BOOK OUT
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Influenced by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social in Pittsburgh and part of a summery Stephen King double bill, this one + Wolves of the Calla, again to follow in Neil, @natcassidy.bsky.social & @scribeofhades.bsky.social footsteps.
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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 04/07/2026
Everybody was right: Widow’s Bay ep 8 was amazing
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Titan Publishing is devastated by the loss of Katharine Trowbridge (Carroll), our US Publicity Director. "A consummate professional, she coupled charm and grace with an infectious sense of humour. She will be missed terribly."—Laura Price, Editorial Director of Titan Books
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Titan Publishing Group’s Katharine Trowbridge dies aged 68
Katharine Trowbridge, known professionally as Katharine T Carroll, US publicity director for Titan Publishing Group, died on Sunday 28th June aged 68.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Widow's Bay, Our Baggage. What an episode.
Patricia, wearing a red t-shirt, in a still from Episode 8 of Widow's Bay.
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Adam Weymouth @adamweymouth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Get them while they're hot!
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I'm going CRAZY. youtu.be/cmjpadVj-Vk?...
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WERWULF - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters Christmas
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Better late than never.
A tv showing the opening sequence of Widow's Bay.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"I found myself beginning to trust the supernatural as it is [...] As a tool and as a narrative force that doesn’t need to be doubted. [...] The supernatural is now the reality; the supernatural is the literary pact made with the reader." Thank god for Mariana Enriquez.
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Interview | Mariana Enríquez: Seven Questions - The London Magazine
Mariana Enríquez speaks to Konrad Muller about her fascination with cemeteries, necro-tourism, Buenos Aires as character and supernatural fiction.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In honour of the Milan Pride tomorrow, and inspired by LEON recent post, I thought to compile, now that I've officially entered my Canva era, a list of my favourite queer reads of the last year, both in the speculative and realistic space.
A list of recent favourite queer books in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: The Spear Cuts through Water by Simon Jimenez, The Decadence by LEON Craig, Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen, Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram, Itch by Gemma Amor, A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper. A list of recent favourite queer books in the realistic space, set upon a Pride background: The South by Tash Aw, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jędrowski. A list of recent favourite queer audiobooks in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: When among Crows by Veronica Roth and The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang. A list of all-time favourite queer books in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, The Book of Love by Kelly Link and The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The world of cinema, and beyond, hasn't been the same since.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tis the season! @barnesandnoble.com is running their summer pre-order sale and if you're a member (which is free) you can get my sprawling (600 pages!) queer Gothic coming of age story (with a dollop of scifi!) with 25% discount. Checkout code: PREORDER25 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-vacuo-a...
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In Vacuo
Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.
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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 19/06/2026
I wrote a short story about the surveillance state 😇
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Call of Duty | Molly McGhee
This is why it was more important than ever to track dangerous thinkers.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy birthday among the stars to the patron saint of us all, the great Octavia Butler.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
So the cat is out of the bag! IN VACUO, my second novel for @titanbooks.bsky.social, is going to be published next February and I’m excited! With a big cast of characters, multiple timelines, and 160k words (!!!), I believe the correct publishing lingo is *sprawling* 🌫️ 🌀 ⏳
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Always, wall in Milan, always.
A wall in Milan with a graffiti on it saying BOYCOTT AI.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This cover is everything. @toddsjordan.bsky.social is a rockstar! (A real one!)
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Obsession: I went in fairly prepared, I think, but still it wrecked me. My poor nerves.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Very slow day because this morning we gave blood to our local hospital (my bp plummeted afterwards) and this, by @hildur.bsky.social, feels entirely appropriate! 🩸❤️
A paperback copy of The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, in front of a blanket, a window and a potted plant.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@boneysoups.bsky.social has written a true banger that's out in less than a month and you need to read it ASAP.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Was not expecting where BACKROOMS was going before going in (then it was pretty evident from the get go, tbh), but I had a lot of fun! And visually it was so haunting.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
every once in a while i will feel a great pressure to exist, but then i just have to sit back and relax and remind myself 'oh wait, you already exist without even trying. GOOD JOB.' i think this realization can be a huge relief
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
HIGHLY RELATABLE. (But I'm also jet-lagged. Does this qualify as an excuse?)
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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I don't think there should be any billionaires. I know, with an iron-clad certainty, that there shouldn't be any trillionaires.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Happy Pride everyone! 🌈✨ This is a snippet from last week's beautiful Pride parade in Pittsburgh—second Pride of the season, first was Kraków, next up Milan! 🌈
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride to queer authors.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If there is one thing that Stokercon left me—other than the friends I met and the goodies I got—is this wealth of creative energy. So I need to clear my post-Pittsburgh to-do list and then I can't wait to get back to the new novel!! 🌃🎇🌉🌠🎭 (Not a random collection of emojis!)
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Stokercon (& Dublin) book haul. Had to be conservative due to luggage space... or perhaps not. Feat. @mollymcghee.com, @hildur.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @deenahelm.bsky.social, @natcassidy.bsky.social and A. L. Sterling.
A stack of books: Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock, Jonathan Abernaty You Are Kind by Molly McGhee, The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, Something Followed Us Home ed. by Cynthia Pelayo, Our Cult of Salt by Deena Helm, the 2026 Stokercon Anthology, Mary by Nat Cassidy, and Foresyth Conservatory by A. L. Sterling.
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Went to Pittsburgh, did Stokercon, met amazing friends old and new, had a blast, had a 26-hour trip to come back to Milan, want to sleep for three days straight. If we met at Stokercon, and I haven't found you yet, reach out—I already miss the Halloween People! 🧟 👻 🧛🏻‍♂️
Andrea Morstabilini at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, in front of one of Warhol's Skulls.
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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I wrote the first draft of this book in 2021 and it will be in readers' hands in only 30 days! I'm so excited gooped gagged thrilled about it! My debut novel! out July 7! How crazy is that!
Sara holding her debut novel THE RED SACRAMENT out july 7 from titan books
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Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Celebrating today, as we do every year, the birthday of Michael McDowell (1950-1999), who would have been 76 today. Sadly he is not still with us, but fortunately his great books still are. Read and cherish them, and if you haven't read them, now is a good time!
Cover: The Elementals by Michael McDowellCover: Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
One week to Stokercon. There with an amazing European contingent — captained by the fierce @manylittlewords.bsky.social — but can't wait to meet EVERYONE.
The Stokercon logo, marking the ten years anniversary, 2016-2026.
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Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Delving back into the novel this morning for another bunch of edits. One thing's for sure, everyone should have an @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social in their lives to point out exactly how nonsensical some of your writing is.
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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"The Red Sacrament is a triumph: sensous and seductive, arresting in its command of prose and imagery." — @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social, author of A Blood as Bright as the Moon
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!
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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 08/05/2026
I spend YEARS brainstorming and MONTHS outlining and that IS the work. Zero tolerance for this shit.
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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My journey to support authors & bookstores continues! Books for March: A Blood as Bright as the Moon @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social Never Whistle at Night, anthology edited by @shanehawk.com and @tvayyyy.bsky.social And Just Desserts by @drspookyer.bsky.social 🖤
The Three books named above lined up on my dining table which has a white lined tablecloth and a sage, floral placemat. A blood as bright as the moon has a deep green cover with bright yellow text. In the center is a man with his muscle exposed who has large bat- like wings. He is either falling or leaping. 

Just desserts has a plain white cover with a delicious looking piece of tiramisu on the front . It has several drops of red on the plate for garnish, which remind the onlooker of blood. It also has a gold circle which starts “American legacy book award winner.”

Lastly, Never Whistle at Night is a black cover with neon colors which depict flora, fauna, and various creatures like moths, snakes, and frogs and insects. At the top the cover says “national best seller. Introduction by Stephen Graham Jones. An indigenous dark fiction anthology. Never whistle at night. Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.”
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